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Archips micaceana

Archips micaceana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China, Hong Kong, southern Vietnam, Burma, and northern Thailand. It is a minor pest of many agricultural crops.

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Jun 12, 2026
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Length
258 w
Citations
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Source
Archips micaceana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Archips
Species:
A. micaceana
Binomial name
Archips micaceana
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Cacoecia micaceana Walker, 1863
  • Cacoecia eucroca Diakonoff, 1958
  • Cacoecia micaceana var. obscura Diakonoff, 1939

Archips micaceana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China, Hong Kong, southern Vietnam, Burma, and northern Thailand. It is a minor pest of many agricultural crops.1

The hindwings are almost entirely yellow in both sexes.

Food

The larvae are polyphagous leaf-tiers and leaf-rollers2 on:

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References

References

  1. "Archips micaceana (Walker)". ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. Eurasian Tortricidae
  3. Tortricidae foodplant database